Vanikoro Island

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Vanikoro Island is a remote volcanic island in the Santa Cruz group of the Solomon Islands, noted for its dense rainforest, surrounding coral reefs, and association with the 1788 shipwreck of French explorer La Pérouse.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vanikoro Island canonical 4
Vanikoro 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
archipelago Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
associatedWith Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse ⓘ
belongsTo Melanesia ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasAccess boat access only or limited transport ⓘ
hasBiodiversity rich birdlife ⓘ
rich marine life ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature lagoons ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
hasConservationInterest coral reef conservation ⓘ
rainforest conservation ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Polynesian-influenced area ⓘ
hasDiscoveryContext search for La Pérouse expedition ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale agriculture ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
hasEcosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEnvironment humid tropical climate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Vanikoro Islanders ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
hasHazard cyclones ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent shipwreck of La Pérouse expedition ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Lovono language ⓘ
Tanema language ⓘ
Teanu language ⓘ
linked to: Tanema language
hasSettlementPattern small coastal villages ⓘ
hasShipwreck Astrolabe ⓘ
Boussole ⓘ
hasSurroundingFeature coral reefs ⓘ
fringing reefs ⓘ
hasTerrain mountainous interior ⓘ
hasTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
hasVegetation dense rainforest ⓘ
isKnownFor La Pérouse shipwreck ⓘ
dense rainforest ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
surrounding coral reefs ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Temotu Province ⓘ
partOf Santa Cruz group ⓘ
shipwreckYear 1788 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeastern Solomon Islands → hasPart → Vanikoro Island ⓘ
Santa Cruz Islands → hasIsland → Vanikoro ⓘ
linked to: Vanikoro Island
Tanema language → spokenIn → Vanikoro Island ⓘ
Tanema language → locatedOnIsland → Vanikoro ⓘ
linked to: Vanikoro Island
La Pérouse expedition → wreckDiscoveredAt → Vanikoro ⓘ
linked to: Vanikoro Island
Vanikoro Islanders → nativeTo → Vanikoro Island ⓘ
La Pérouse shipwreck → locatedIn → Vanikoro Island ⓘ